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Genus Haloprofundus

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").


Haloprofundus Zhang et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Haloprofundus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; L. adj. profundus, deep; N.L. masc. n. Haloprofundus, salt organism from the deep sea.
Valid publication: ZHANG, G., GU, J., ZHANG, R., RASHID, M., HAROON, M. F., XUN, W., RUAN, Z., DONG, X. and STINGL, U. 2017. Haloprofundus marisrubri gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a brine-seawater interface. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 009-016.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Haloprofundus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SB9=JCM 19565=CGMCC 1.14959.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ999759.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: LOPU00000000.
Etymology: L. n. mare, maris, the sea; L. adj. ruber, red; N.L. gen. n. marisrubri, of the Red Sea.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, G., GU, J., ZHANG, R., RASHID, M., HAROON, M. F., XUN, W., RUAN, Z., DONG, X. and STINGL, U. 2017. Haloprofundus marisrubri gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a brine-seawater interface. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 009-016.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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